Posted on 08/08/2008 10:43:34 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Here are numerous pictures from various online Russian and Georgian news outlest of the conflict in Georgia where Russia has now intevened on the ground and in the air and invaded Georgia over the Ossetian Seperatists.
Russian tanks and vehicles moving toward and into Georgia
Russian aircraft attackintg Georgia positions
Georgian troops movingn toward the fighting
Burniing Georgian Armor
Georgian forces engaging seperatists
FYI
According to FNC (unless I misheard) there have been 1400+ deaths so far. Does that sound possible?
I’m not an expert here; but this doesn’t look good.
PS: Good thread and excellent you used TinyPic (in case the pic’s go down the “memory hole”...)
I'm sure you mean "we must aid and support GEORGIA".
GOD BLESS AND PROTECT our Georgian allies against the Russian hordes. Looks how their crammed tank columns are lumbering through the streets. This just calls for carpet bombing.
You wanted a ping....
one thing to say “WOLVERINES”!!
Yes, when the Russians wage war.
BBC in Pictures, only gonna get worse.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7549035.stm
Could this be the beginning of putting the USSR back together?
Mig-27
SU-25 FrogFoot
1400 deaths would not surprise me given the lethality of modern weapon systems.
The next 24 hours will determine Georgia’s fate.
Ooops...you are exactl right.. Georgia is whom we must aid in this. I’ll ask the mods to correct it.
And no, we do not have a dog in this fight. Serbia / Kosovo is exactly the same as Georgia / South Ossetia.
Now FNC has some major hottie on who is saying too much rough sex in the sac can put you out of commission for a while.
Never mind what’s going on between Russia and Georgia. Sheesh.
>I believe we must provide support and aid to Russia<
Sure you didn’t mean, “provide support and aid to Georgia ?”
Oh, it’s possible. The first article I saw quoted a Georgian saying she saw her village shelled. If that’s happening in more than one place - and I’m sure it is - the dead could number well over 1400 already. This is all very early, and uncertain, but it is possible.
Death to Russia!
The restructuring of the old USSR has been underway since Putin rose to leadership. It has sped up since he stepped from the main position.
He wants the old Evil Empire back to where it was.
Putin is evil...KGB-evil.
It’s “Case White,” Germany v. Poland, Sept 1, 1939 all over again.
It's so far away, and hard to understand, and they talk funny... sorta like those Jews in the 40's. Look! It's Britney! :(
Somewhere I saw that there were something like 1,000 US Marines and maybe soldiers as well in Georgia on some sort of joint training exercise with the Georgians.
Anyone know if they are still there. That is a “flashpoint” I would not like to see.
Maybe not the USSR, but a greater Russian empire to be sure. How can anyone trust Putnin a former KGB guy?
First one is a SU-24 Fencer.
What you have identified as the MiG-27 is actually the MiG-23
When the Russian reaches the middle of the Caucasus and controls the Eastern Caspian shore, linking up with Iran, WE SURE AS HECK have a dog in this fight. We were wrong and should have stayed out of the Balkans, which was an Euro-Russian issue. But we can’t betray our Georgian ally who has troops in Iraq.
Screw Georgia! Putin and Russia know how to deal with radicals!
That fact alone makes this worth watching, and helping if asked.
I believe you ID’d it better than I, the SU-24.
You are correct. Serbia/Kosovo is exactly the same. Clinton was wrong to intervene for Kosovo then, Bush was wrong to recognize Kosovo and we would be wrong again not to come to Georgia’s aid. A big difference between Serbia and Georgia is that Georgia is a staunch ally of ours. That should count for something.
Idiot!
Interesting that Russia chose 8-8-08 to start this... and while Bush is in China...I wonder if US or Georgia had any inkling this was coming
A Mig-27 is the ground attack version of the Mig-23
I thought all the Fencers were scrapped.
But there are HUGE differences.
1st, the Russians are physically invading.
2nd, the Georgians have weapons systems that are on par with the Russians and, particularly in air combat (but also on the ground), can contest the issue, which the Serbians could not with us.
3rd, there is a huge historical issue with the former Soviet Union which surrounding countries, and Europe in particular will not discount...and neither should we. Any pretect to start gobbling up former Soviet satellite states MUST be opposed.
4th, the Georgians in the immediate past, have been our steadfast allies in combat in the War on Terror. We cannot allow them to be trodden under.
None of those conditions applied to the Serbian Kosovo conflict...and besides, like I said, what we did ha dnor moral justification...it was all politics by the Clinton administration andn should never have happened.
Since we can’t edit comments, I added your correction to the headline. Hope that’s OK.
Channeling Iosef Vissarionovich again?
My bad, what you said is exactly what I meant and I have asked the mods to correct it.
I’d hate to be the driver of that little red car facing all those tanks!
Nice picture, sad situation.
I have to repeat myself... you are a total moron if you are serious with this comment. How is Georgia "radical". They are CHRISTIANS defending their territory against Putin/Russia who are supporting our Islamic enemies in Iran and Syria! I can't believe how totally clueless your comment is! Georgia is our friggin ally engaged in Iraq!
IF your comment was in irony, you should work to improve your sarcasm skills. I'm speechless.
Thanks for the ping!
The russians only have one military doctrine: Brute Force
Let’s just send a few B-2s and A-10s to wipe out those columns of tanks.
SU-24 Fencer I believe
Obama’s Red Mentor Praised Red Army
AIM Report | By Cliff Kincaid | April 30, 2008
Barack Obama’s childhood mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, a member of the Moscow-controlled Communist Party USA, wrote a poem dedicated to the Soviet Red Army. “Smash on, victory-eating Red Army,” he declared. He also wrote poems attacking traditional Christianity and the work of Christian missionaries.
The “Red Army” poem goes beyond hoping for the communists to beat the Nazis in World War II and hails the Soviet revolution. It says:
“Show the marveling multitudes
Americans, British, all your allied brothers
How strong you are
How great you are
How your young tree of new unity
Planted twenty-five years ago
Bears today the golden fruit of victory!”
http://www.aim.org/aim-report/obamas-red-mentor-praised-red-army/
Yes. This pictures of Russian columns just beg for another Desert Storm style “Highway of Death”. It’s probably out of question that we would engage directly. But the Georgians should have access to enough weaponry to kick out the Sovi... eh Russians!
Actually, Russia had nothing to do with this choice. As reported, it appears that Georgia launched an offensive in South Osietta to try to take it back from the seperatist. Russia responded today by bombing the airbase in Tslit and rolling a column of tanks into South Osietta.
I have no doubt that the Russians are backing the seperatist, but they didn’t pick the specific day this went down, though I’m sure they were planning on this eventuality.
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